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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 98.88 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 8.89 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccinemanufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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98,88,80,235
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8,89,08,435
More than 98.88 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than 8.89 Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
On a steady march, India conducts a total of nearly 3.6 crore tests
Tests Per Million  scale a new peak of 26,016
A key component in India’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been early identification of the positive cases by timely and aggressive TESTING. Prompt identification and isolation synced with efficient treatment have led to the rising number of recoveries and low and declining mortality due to COVID-19.
India has tested 3,59,02,137 so far. With 6,09,917 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, India is on its resolved drive to increase its testing capacity.
Easy access to testing through expanded diagnostic lab network across the country has given a substantial boost to the present numbers. As a result of these focussed actions, the Tests Per Million  have seen a sharp increase to 26,016. The TPM continues to maintain the constant upward trend.
India has also seen a rise in the tests per million per day, as advised by WHO in its Guidance Note on “Public Health Criteria to Adjust Public Health and Social Measures in the Context of COVID-19”. WHO has advised that a country needs 140 tests/day/ million population as a measure for comprehensive surveillance for suspected COVID19 cases.
A prominent determinant of the evolving testing strategy is the steadily widening diagnostic lab network in the country. This has significantly grown to 1520 labs today, including 984 labs in the government sector and 536 private labs. These include:
• Real-Time RT PCR based testing labs: 785 
• TrueNat based testing labs: 617 
• CBNAAT based testing labs: 118 
For all authentic & updated information on COVID-19 related technical issues, guidelines & advisories please regularly visit: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/ and @MoHFW_INDIA.
Technical queries related to COVID-19 may be sent to technicalquery.covid19[at]gov[dot]in and other queries on ncov2019[at]gov[dot]in and @CovidIndiaSeva .
In case of any queries on COVID-19, please call at the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare helpline no.: +91-11-23978046 or 1075 . List of helpline numbers of States/UTs on COVID-19 is also available at https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/coronvavirushelplinenumber.pdf .
Ministry of Law and Justice
Cabinet approves MoU between India and Uzbekistan on Cooperation in the Sphere of Law & Justice
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Memorandum of Understanding  between India and Uzbekistan on Cooperation in the Sphere of Law & Justice.
Benefits:
The MoU takes care of concerns and requirements in the field of exchange of experience by legal professionals, Government functionaries and their training and effective legal aid mechanism for resolution. The MoU will facilitate greater cooperation between India and Uzbekistan in providing legal services in both countries in the field of exchange of experience through information sharing visits, and training between both countries on enhancing legal capacities of Government functionaries.
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister asks the citizens to upload the photos with Tiranga under 'Har Ghar Tiranga'
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has asked the citizens to upload the photos with Tiranga on harghartiranga.com under the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' movement between 13th to 15th August.
In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister said;
“‘हर घर तिरंगा’ अभियान ने आजादी के अमृत महोत्सव में एक नई ऊर्जा भरी है। देशवासियों को इस साल इस अभियान को एक नई ऊंचाई पर ले जाना है। आइए, 13 से 15 अगस्त के बीच देश की आन-बान और शान के प्रतीक राष्ट्रीय ध्वज को फहराएं। तिरंगे के साथ harghartiranga.com पर अपनी सेल्फी भी जरूर अपलोड करें।”
“The Tiranga symbolises the spirit of freedom and national unity. Every Indian has an emotional connect with the Tricolour and it inspires us to work harder to further national progress. I urge you all to take part in the #HarGharTiranga movement between 13th to 15th August. Upload your photos with the Tiranga here... harghartiranga.com”
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Doordarshan India gears up for Global Coverage of President Trump’s Visit to India
Doordarshan has deployed a vast fleet of High Definition OB Vans and cameras distributed across multiple locations in the three cities of Ahmedabad, Agra and New Delhi to generate the Live Feed for DD India which will be distributed globally.
Doordarshan, the Television Network of Prasar Bharati - India’s Public Broadcaster, is all set for global coverage of ‘Namaste Trump’ event and US President Trump's visit to India through its English News Channel “DD India”.
Apart from the major American and European TV News Networks who will be carrying the global live feed of DD India, the event will also be available in Korea through DD India on the myK Platform as well as in Bangladesh via satellite. International viewers will be able to watch DD India’s live feed through YouTube  and through Prasar Bharati’s Global Digital Platform – NewsOnAir available on Android and iOS Platforms.
Doordarshan’s deployment in Ahmedabad comprises one OB Van at the Airport with 16 cameras and two OB Vans at Sardar Patel Stadium  with 24 Cameras. 45 Cameras have been deployed for the coverage of road show. One production control room with connection to 45 Cameras for road show is set up at Indira bridge enroute to stadium. Another OB set up with loose 7 cameras is made at Sabarmati Ashram. All the four production control panels at Airport, Indira Bridge, Stadium and Sabarmati are linked via Optical Fibre Cables to be uplinked to Delhi. The coverage involves more than 50 Kms of Optical Fibre , nearly 100 camerapersons and as many for production and management of the technical infrastructure.
At Agra, a 10 Camera HD production set up is deployed for road show with 3 HD DSNGs. At Delhi, one HD OB Van with 10 Cameras and 2 HD DSNGs are deployed at Rashtrapati Bhawan for ceremonial reception, Guard of Honour and banquet in the evening. One HD OB with 8 cameras and 2 HD DSNGs are deployed at Hyderabad house for bilateral talks and signing of MOUs. One HD DSNG deployed at Airport Delhi for arrival and departure coverage. Two HD DSNGs are also deployed at Rajghat.
With this extensive deployment, Prasar Bharati’s global English news channel, DD India, is all set to provide a bird’s eye view of the much awaited multi-city two day visit of President Donald Trump to India.
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Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Privatization of Fisheries Resources
Fisheries and aquaculture resources in the country are of varied nature. They exist in the form of marine capture fisheries resources, inland capture fisheries and aquaculture resources. These resources are spread over a range of different ecosystems. Fisheries and aquaculture being the State subject, utilisation of these resources are generally managed by the concerned States and UTs. The natural fisheries resources are available to the public and aquaculture has contributed to the development of the sector. Therefore, the issue of privatization of fisheries resources does not arise.
The new flagship Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana  being implemented by the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying envisages enhancing fisheries exports to about Rs.1 lakh crore, and increasing the fish production to 22 million metric tons by 2024-25.
This written reply was given by the Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi in Lok Sabha.
PIB Headquarters
CONSTITUTION DAY - PHOTO EXHIBITION ORGANISED BY ROB AT ARTS COLLEGE
A three day photo exhibition on the Indian Constitution has been organised today by Regional Outreach Bureau, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, at Arts College, Osmania University, on the occasion of Constitution Day.
Dr.Ch. Gopal Reddy, Registrar , Osmania University, lighted the lamp and inaugurated the exhibition. Dr.Ch. Gopal Reddy read out the Preamble of the Constitution, which was repeated by the people present.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Reddy said that, our Constitution keeps us united despite the diversity in culture, language, and regions.He said that the Constitution has provided stable government to our country, and India is about to becomes a 5 trillion dollar economy soon.
Pro Vice Chancellor of Western Sydney University, Ms.Linda, who was a guest at the function, said the progress, any country has achieved is built on the principles laid out in the Constitution. India has a lot to celebrate, she said, 70 years of Democracy, Growth, Freedom and Partnerships.India is a fine example of a country, united amidst its diversities, she said.
Shri S.Venkateshwar, Director General, Press Information Bureau, Hyderabad, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, said that our founding fathers have enshrined the principles of equality, justice, and liberty, fraternity for the people in our Constitution.
Prof K.Nageshwar, Department of Communication and Journalism, Osmania University, Hyderabad said that despite the apprehensions of the leaders of many countries, our constitution has stood the test of time. He said our Constitution was considered too large, too wide, too rigid and too superfluous, to survive.
Contrary to these beliefs, ours is one of the 192 Constitutions in the world, which has survived for 70 years. A study of Constitutions of 792 countries, framed between 1786-2006, has shown that the average life of a Constitution is 17 years. Unlike those, our Constitution framed by the likes of Dr.B.R.Ambedkar, a legal luminary par excellence, is particularly significant for both it's longevity and durability.
Prizes were distributed to the winners of the Essay Writing competition conducted by ROB o this occasion. Artistes of the Song & Drama Division of ROB, presented a cultural programme.
The photo exhibition show cases rare black and white photographs of Dr Ambedkar, his teachings, and his works.
Prof D.Ravinder,Principal, Arts College, Osmania University ,.Prof Stevenson, Head,Dept of Journalism, Shri P.Ratnakar,Dy Director,PIB, Dr Manas Krishnakant, Asst Director, ROB, Shri G.Koteswara Rao,FPO,ROB, Shri Ardha Srinivas,FPO,ROB also participated
Ministry of Communications
DoT Kerala LSA to conduct online Awareness Session on EMF Exposure from Mobile Towers and PM WANI on12th October 2021
(Telecommunication services have been playing an extremely important role in our economy and especially during disasters. During the Covid-19 pandemic, a global health crisis, telecom services played a major role in maintaining not only the continuity and functioning of administrative machinery, but also economic and industrial activities apart from facilitating ‘work from home’, education, news, entertainment, social networking, and keeping friends and family connected. The need for telecom services have gone up in an unprecedented manner due to this.
To continue providing seamless connectivity for the growing demand for telecom services and for upgrading to new mobile technologies like 5G, there is an immediate need for faster deployment of towers to expand and improve the coverage. This calls for speedy deployment of towers to expand and improve the coverage. However, due to misconceptions and misinformation, public at some locations are apprehensive whenever a tower is proposed in a residential area. Hence there is an acute and urgent need to create awareness about the reality about radiation from mobile towers.
In this regard, DoT Kerala LSA  is organizing an online EMF Exposure Awareness Workshopon 12th October, 2021at4pm. The workshop will be addressed by Dr.P.T.Mathew ITS, Senior Deputy Director General, Head of Kerala LSA, S Gopalan ITS Deputy Director General  and Dr. Danish Salim, HoD, Accident & Emergency Medicine, PRS Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram.
In order to enhance to Wi-Fi availability, DoT has initiated the PM Wani project. A session on PM Wani will be addressed by Smt. Sobhana V ITS, Deputy Director General .The workshop is being conducted in Malayalam and open to all and can be attended by joining the following link.
https://coaimeetingroom.webex.com/coaimeetingroom/onstage/g.php?MTID=e70d8d9873b92049aba1d9e0ca2f044e8
Ministry of Textiles
Apparel industry must focus on vertical integration to increase its scale and size and to benefit from PLI scheme : Shri Upendra Prasad Singh
Apparel exports likely to breach $20 bn next fiscal or year after that
Textile exports likely to cross $100 bn from current $40 bn in 5 years
AEPC celebrates its 44th Foundation Day
Shri Upendra Prasad Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles has said that the Indian apparel industry must focus on vertical integration to increase its scale and size and to benefit from the Production Linked Incentive  scheme.
Speaking at the 44th Foundation Day of Apparel Export Promotion Council  today , Shri Singh said, “sapparel and garmenting is not very investment centric but it is very important from employment point of view. Perhaps, there is a need for backward integration and more of you can get into integrated value-chain like spinning and weaving.”
Virtually addressing the Foundation Day, the Textiles Secretary said that along with the PLI scheme, the government is committed to make the Prime Minister Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel  scheme a success. Idea is not to just have a world class infrastructure but also a thriving industry there, he said.
Stating that textile has always been among the top priorities of the government, the Secretary said, “There are a lot of big opportunities. The demand continues to be robust and the China plus one sourcing strategy by the west is certainly a great opportunity for us.” Shri Singh said that it all depended on how good, efficient and integrated the Indian apparel industry is and how it increases its size and scale. “AEPC has a big role to play. Let us not get into just the macro figure, let us get into the micro level. Let us go product by product and country by country,” he added.
“We should be in a position to breach $20 billion apparel exports by next fiscal or the year after that,” Shri Singh said, adding that the country’s textile exports can increase from the current $40 billion to $100 billion in the next five years.
AEPC Chairman, Shri Narendra Goenka shared the journey of the AEPC since its establishment in 1978 from a quota monitoring and export promotion body to the Council that today offers services ranging from skilling, assessment, market intelligence, advocacy, capacity building programs on financial risks, compliance management, IPR issues, AI and technology driven production innovations, lean and six sigma, circularity, sustainability, among others.
Shri Goenka listed down the key priorities for the apparel sector namely leverage policy support for improving scales, product diversification, leverage the upcoming FTAs, create new USPs based on sustainability and responsible business, use technology and AI for leaner supply chain, and better branding. AEPC Vice Chairman Shri Sudhir Sekhri spoke about the initiatives taken by AEPC for the holistic growth of the apparel sector.
AEPC is the official body of apparel exporters in India, under the aegis of Ministry of Textiles, which provides invaluable assistance to Indian exporters as well as importers/ international buyers.
Ministry of Railways
Ongoing Railway Projects in Hilly Regions
Railway Projects are sanctioned Zonal Railway-wise not Region-wise / State-wise as Indian Railways’ network spans across various State boundaries. Railway projects are sanctioned / taken up on the basis of remunerativeness, last mile connectivity, missing links and alternate routes, augmentation of congested / saturated lines, socio-economic considerations etc. depending upon throwforward of ongoing projects and overall availability of funds.
However, as on 01.04.2020, 19 projects  costing Rs. 75,795 crore for 2,008 km length falling fully / partly in Assam and North Eastern Region are under different stage of planning/ approval/ execution. These include:
- 13 New line projects of total length 1178 km costing Rs. 57,774 crore, out of which 253 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of Rs. 20,157 crore have been incurred upto March, 2020.
- 06 Doubling Projects of total length 830 km, costing Rs. 18,021 crore, out of which 9 km doubling has been commissioned and an expenditure of Rs. 1861 crore has been incurred upto March, 2020.
Indian Railways is focusing on expediting the Railway infrastructure in north-eastern frontier hilly region.
04 Railway Projects  of total length 23 km costing Rs. 18,901 crore falling fully / partly in the State of Uttarakhand are under different stage of planning/ approval/ execution. These include:
- 03 New line projects of total length 216 km costing Rs. 18,554 crore, out of which 6 km length has been commissioned and an expenditure of Rs. 2,275 crore has been incurred upto March, 2020.
- 01 Doubling project of 27 km length costing Rs. 347 crore has been commissioned recently in January, 2021.
Presently, there is no ongoing Railway project falling fully / partly in Ladakh.
The completion of any Railway project depends on various factors like quick land acquisition by State Government, forest clearance by officials of forest department, shifting of infringing utilities , statutory clearances from various authorities, geological and topographical conditions of area, law and order situation in the area of project site, number of working months in a year for particular project site due to climatic considerations etc. All these factors vary from project to project and site to site which affect the completion time and cost of the project, which is finally worked out at the completion stage. As such, confirmed completion time of projects cannot be ascertained at this stage; nevertheless, every effort is being made to commission the projects expeditiously.
Funds are not allocated State-wise. However, Zone-wise detail of projects including their cost, expenditure and Budget outlays are made available in public domain on Indian Railways website i.e. www.indianrailways.gov.in >Ministry of Railways >Railway Board >About Indian Railways >Railway Board Directorates >Finance >Railway wise Works Machinery & Rolling Stock Programme.
This information was given by the Minister of Railways, Commerce & Industry and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Shri Piyush Goyal in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Minority Affairs
First batch of 410 Haj pilgrims leave from Mumbai
Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi says Haj 2022 is going on smoothly with several reforms
19 Haj Flights to be operated from Mumbai to carry nearly 8,000 pilgrims
50% of Indian Haj Pilgrims in 2022 are women
Mumbai, 18th June 2022
The first batch of Haj 2022 pilgrims flew from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai today with the Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi seeing them off. A total of 410 Haj pilgrims were in the first batch from Mumbai Embarkation point. These include 207 male and 203 women Haj pilgrims. Around 8000 Haj pilgrims will go from Mumbai Embarkation point through 19 flights.
“Haj pilgrims of India should pray for the peace and prosperity of the entire world and that the humanity be remain safe from all kinds of crisis,” Shri Naqvi extended his best wishes to the pilgrims for their successful pilgrimage.
Shri Naqvi also mentioned that the officials and the representatives of the government of Saudi Arabia always appreciate the Haj Pilgrims from India for their good conduct. The Minister expressed hope that the Indian Muslims who are going for Haj 2022 will retain that trust. He also thanked the Consul General of Saudi Arabia for the support extended to India in such crucial times. “Saudi Arabia has allowed the maximum number of Haj Pilgrims from India this year,” he said
Shri Naqvi said that Haj 2022 is going on successfully with significant reforms like 100 per cent digital/online processing of applications and better facilities for the pilgrims. The Minister said that, several online/digital facilities including Digital Health Card, “E-MASIHA” health facility and “E-luggage pre-tagging”, providing all information regarding accommodation / transportation in Mecca and Madinah, have been provided to the Haj pilgrims
50% of Indian Muslims Going for Haj 2022 are Women
Shri Naqvi further stated that a total of 79,237 Indian Muslims are going for Haj 2022. Significantly, about 50% of the Haj pilgrims are women. More than 1,800 Muslim women are going for Haj 2022 without “Mehram” or male companion. From Maharashtra, 4874 pilgrims have registered for Haj 2022.
Besides Mumbai, the flights for Haj 2022 are being operated from 9 other embarkation points- Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderbad, Ahmedabad, Kochi, Lucknow, Srinagar and Guwahati.
Royal Consul General of Saudi Arabia in Mumbai, H.E. Mr. Sulaiman Bin Eid Alotaibi; Haj Committee of India Chairman Shri A.P. Abdullakutty; Haj Committee of India CEO Mohd Yakoob Shekha and other senior officials were present on the occasion.